g Heppner Gazette Times, August 12, 1943
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WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 19
Here are Some of the reasons that
congress is "mad" at the way OPA
is run. The price executive for
meat, fish, fats and oils is a pro
fessor from Iowa, without business
experience. The price. executive for
building materials is an oil econo
mist. A college professor .is the
price executive for steel and iron.
The price executive for the paper
division is a professor of political
ecience. The price executive for the
machinery division is an account
ant, an economist and a professor.
In charge of the non-ferrous .metals
branch is a professor with no busi
ness experience. Price executive
over drugs and chemicals is a Har
vard professor witih part time work
in the labor department. The chap
who handles the restaurant division
is an economist formerly with the
Illinois emcirgency relief. To con
trol solid fuel prices is a young
Harvard statistical economist who
has been with the national' planning
board and has had no business ex
perience. The man handling rents is
a lawyer, has been a special assist
ant to the secretary of agriculture,
was ah assistant to Triple A, was
legal advisor to the national de
fense advisory council, worked
with the federal communications
commission and has had no special
rent 'experience.
The list could be expanded. To
cure this state of affairs the house
decided that anyone who formulates
a price policy for some industry
should have at least five years ex
perience in that industry. One of
the principal charges laid against
OPA is that it has taken professors
without practical business expeii
ence and permitted them to write
the ticket for industries concerning
which they had only a theoretical
knowledge.
Reports from all parts of the
country reaching back here from
scores of congressmen who are buiy
visiting the home folks and building
their political fences, say that far
mers are hopping mad at OPA and
the war manpower commissioner,
particularly the latter. Farmers are
squawking loud and long because'
the war manpower commissioner
didn't freeze farm hands on their
jobs- Every farmer is short-handed
and to obtain . experienced farm
help seems to be out of the ques
tion. Nonthwest farmers say if it
hudn't been for the hundreds of
school children and housewives who
were recruited to help harvest the
perishable fruit and berry crop a
good part of this' harvest would
hive been lost These youngsters
and housewives, plus the hundreds
of Mexican farm hands who have
been imported to work in Wash
ington and Oregon harvest fields,
.saved the day for many farmers.
Severed members of the house
committee on military affairs have
just completed an ' investigation' of
the food situation in several large
military camps where upwards of
half a million men are fed three
times a day. Charges that the army
waste cf food have been heard in
many quarters for some time. The
,tory has it that tons of food alone
are wasted each week-end, when
tfos same three meals per day are
prepared for thousands of soldiers
who are not there to eat them,
being away on week-end leave, and
into the garbage can it goes.
This subject will get a real good
airing when congress reconvenes
next month. For the past year food
administration has been grabbing
a huge percentage of all classes of
each season's food pack for the
armed forces and lend-lease, which
left , only a small amount for civil
ian consumption. Some congress
men after investigating the neces
sary needs of armed forces and
lend-lease hollered their heads off
charging war food administration
.with grabbing up much more food
than was necessary. There must
have been some merit to this con
gressional roar, because only last
week war food administration an
nounced they would immediately
release six and one-half million
cases of canned fruit and vegetables
for civilian use which had previous
ly been ordered set aside for gov
ernment purchase.
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A publicity drive of gigantic pro
portions will be undertaken by
government agencies in an attempt
to bring the public out of their
lethargy in re the war- By far too
many people think the war is all
but won. This sme feeling seems to
exist among thousands of war in
dustry workers who are not keeping
up with the production schedule,
which has slumped to an alarming
degree. The same feeling of "it's
about all over," is the cause of
much absenteeism in war industries
say those who should know. Any
one with an ounce of sense should
know that the war is far from being
won, and one of .the best ways to
prolong the struggle yes, even lose
itis to think, act and talk that
"it is about all over."
Kinzua Select L
Into Crates for
Over one half million board feet
cf Kinzua select lumber has been
shipped within the last two months
to the Springfield Armory, Spring
field, Mass. to be made into Gar
and rifle boxes. The exast footage
is not allowed to be published un
der war department rulings. Sev
eral thousand feet of lumber were
cut ready for assembly into boxes
in ;the factory department.
Common grade lumber has long
held an outstanding place in the
war program and now "selects" are
coming into their own place in car
rying the battle to the enemy by
their adaptibility to making into
boxes to carry Garand rifles all
over the world. The Garand or MI
that in the words of Inventor
rifle is the famous .30 . caliber gun
Garand "took between 15 and 20
years to develop, but the actual
designing was accomplished in less
umber Goes
Garand Rifles
than a year. It weighs nine pounds
same as World War 1 Spring
field and its firepower and dura
bility hasf been demonstrated in
action time and again." Operated
on a gas-pressure principle, the
Garand fires eight shots in rapid
succession.
These rifles, however, must get
on the battlefront in good condition
and that is where the Kinzua pine
lumber goes to work. Packed in a
sturdy, compact, lightweight con
tainer, the rifles get to the ,war
zones in excellent condition.
From a handful of men when the
Springfield Armory opened in 1794,
the Armory Has grown to 12,000
employees, and 62 buildings are
spread over 77 acres of land. The
production of the Armory is of ut
most importance in the Allied vic
tories and Kinzua is proud to have
its lumber in there fighting too-
DOWN FROM WALLOWA
Packy Carty was in town Wed
nesday attending to business mat
ters. He was just back from the
Wallowa country where he has had
his sheep on ' summer range since
June-
POLICEWOMEN SOUGHT
FOR WASHINGTON, D C
A nation-wide examination to se
lect policewomen for the Washing
ton, D. C, police department was
announced today by the United
States Civil Service commission.
Young women between the ages
of 25 and 35 who are in good health
are sought. Thsy do not need to
have had previous experiences or
specific education, but a knowledge
of social case work and an apti
tude for police duties is necessary
to' do. well on the test.
Applications must be filed with
,the' United States Civil Service
commission, Washington 25, D. C,
by August 31.
Playing an important part in war
time Washington's effort to curb
delinquency, policewomen super
vise capital amusement places with
serial regard to the protection of
young people, investigate causes of
delinquency take Steps to combat
them, and perform general police
work in detection and prevention
of crime.
Entrance salary is $2,200 a year;
opportunities for promotion are
good. ' .
Infarmaition can be obtained from
the commission's local secretary, at
Heppner, or from the United States
Civil service commission, Washing
ton, D. C
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would have been far heavier.
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